Hisam-ud-din Usta (1910 – 1987) was a popular artist born in the erstwhile
Bikaner State (present-day
Rajasthan, India). Hisam-ud-din was the last formally trained painter in the Bikaner School style/tradition and became a celebrated artisan in the media of Naqqashi and Manoti. Manoti is an embossed medium where gold is layered with painted floral patterns using translucent and opaque oil and watercolours on bronze, wood, gold, silver, plaster of paris, and camel leather. Naqqashi has the same methods as Manoti in its application but the gold is unembossed. These media are proprietary methods practiced only by Usta artisans of Bikaner.
Awards and recognition
Hisam-ud-din received the National Award of master craftsperson in 1967, and was a recipient of the
Padma Shri award in 1986, the highest honour given to an Indian artist by the President of India.
Death
Hisam-ud-din Usta died in Bikaner city in 1987.
See also
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Usta art
Usta art is the Naqqashi and Manoti art practiced by Usta artisans from the Bikaner district in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan in northern Indiabr> History
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People from Bikaner
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
20th-century Indian Muslims
Indian artisans
1910 births
1987 deaths
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